Introduction

Here’s how I spent the summer of 2017 (and on into the fall): reading the volumes of former students and colleagues. Now it looks as though this is how I will spend the rest of my life! The books just keep coming. I enjoyed the experience so much, I’m recommending it to you. I’ve discovered t

Friends Seminary Writers 1.     Abrahams, Fred ? A Village Destroyed, War Crimes in Kosovo   with Eric Stover and Gilles Peress  (Edited book)   2.     Arning, Bill late 70’s?- Marilyn Minter: Pretty/Dirty (Edited book)   3.     Azzarelli, Kim ’88  Fast Forward, How Women can Achieve Power

Here’s a little homemade video (I have no idea how to edit) taken on my iPad. The sound is faulty for the first few seconds, but don’t despair – it turns out all right. I seem to have coined a new word –“fastly.” Listen for it. Note the elephant in the room. Thanks to daughter Tammy for holdin

I just reread Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, where these terms appear. (Someone asked me if Vonnegut went to Friends. No, he did not. Steeped as I am in this project, I do nonetheless occasionally read other things). As I read about a karass, which consists of people with some kind of true sp